A Thousand Suns was a terrible album, we all know that. But at least it was LP trying to experiment and have a little fun in the wake of nu-metal's death and the less than warm reception they received when they tried to, y'know "grow up". But while ATS failed because of its experimental nature, at least they were trying to shake things up a bit. This is not a band trying at all; Living Things might not be the group's worst outing but it sure as shit is their most boring outing to date. I mean, it really is fucking boring.

The anthemic choruses that seemed to have been designed as nothing more than to give those in attendance something to do are the words of any oppressed kid scratching his heartbreak on a school desk, held in place by a group of individuals well into their thirties.The electro-pop shlock instrumentation just feels tired and washed-out, and there's just this feeling of laziness surrounding the whole affair; the tired drudgery of a group realizing that it's time for another album. It isn't a return to form (seriously, what are you guys deaf?), but it also isn't even an attempt at it. It's LP, now on the other side of the Great Success Story spiralling ever downwards without the good graces to bow out sensibly. And come on now; you're one of the most commercially-successful "rock" outfits ever to have had the chance to shout on the radio, who are you kidding with this "victimized, victimized, never again victimized" bullshit?

You're all morons this is garbage that is going to be force fed to mindless idiots like those of you already thinking this album is a 4.5 or a 5.r^I've always found it funny how music can evoke such a strongly negative, hostile response from people. Tact - you have none of it.

'Living Things' is surprisingly good. Wait...rephrase--it's good, surprisingly, if only just. Unlike every other Linkin Park album, though, this one is not heavy for the sake of heaviness, not angsty for the sake of angst, and not monotonous for the sake of maturity, yet it's still very interesting and fun to listen to...and that's where its true charm lies.

Mike was right about that toolbox thing. They use everything they've learned up to now. And it works fucking great. Every song seems carefully crafted for the main purpose of being one epic killer track and it NEVER sounds forced. It rather sounds.. awesome!

Might take a few listens to really appreciate, but it's better than A Thousand Suns - it's
less fragmented and more put-together. I'm loving the dense electronic vibes all over the
album, but it may divide a few people. Still not Hybrid Theory/Meteora, but it's pretty
close. Mike Shinoda/Mr. Hahn are the winners here, delivering impressive performances. I
will say, though, that I wish there were more than 12 songs here, clocking in around 37
minutes. LP is slightly better when they include a 4-6 minute song or two.

While it isn't perfect by any means, Living Things proves that all of their experimentation over the past few years was going somewhere; they have combined the catchy hooks of their previous work with the new experimentation of their recent albums.

I don't hear any trace of Hybrid Theory or Meteora on here. It's sad, because 10 years ago, Linkin Park was my favorite band. And those two albums rocked my adolescent life back then. But Living Things is just as sad and lame as Minutes to Midnight and A Thousand Sun. Third time's a charm? Well, not in this case. Why aren't they quitting? They're just humiliating themselves with each shitty album they're putting out! Listening to Linkin Park's Living Thing right now is really deceiving and painful.

Living Things is a not a bad album. Its full of some great songs, and some disappointing. Its a big improvement from the too experimental album A Thousand Suns. None of the songs really compare to the classic Hybrid Theory/Meteora tracks, however they are still good songs. I believe if you dont listen to this album with the mindset of wanting Hybrid Theory, you will enjoy it. Yes, Linkin Park have changed, but whether theres loud distortion guitars, or pounding electronic beats, this album proves they can still write good music.

Now that the fanboy jitters and adrenaline rush have settled, I can try and sit back and seriously look at this new LP album from an unbiased perspective.

...I'll take it, it's not perfect, but I'll fucking gladly take this energetic bit of fun that brightened my year up a bit from the depressing shit I usually listen to. "Burn It Down" is arguably the catchiest thing they've made in ages...fuck yo couch all of you!

Hip-Pop (lol) pioneers release an album which is utterly destroyed by beats they have been rrecycling ever since the MTM era (why do they even have a drummer lol?) and a sound which is rmore overproduced than a fat girl with 1.85 inch thick facial make-up.

This album really shouldnt have taken them the last two albums to prepare for but I've fallen for it. Bennington's melodies are catchy, Shinoda's rapping and beats are PHAT and it has a perfect new blend of heavy guitars and electronic bass. H8erz gunna H8 but I think this is an album that nobody could expect or hope for from a 'nu-metal' band with an expiry date.

The best effort by these guys yet. Even if you hate this band, you will probably start liking them after checking this album out. It combines various genres in a perfect way. Highly recommended for any kind of music lover.rAnd yeah, please stop being elitists and enjoy the music.r

Wait... Linkin Park made a decent album? What is this sorcery!? For those interested, Victimized is the highlight of this album. Listen to that first :P
Listening to this a little more, you'll notice the amount of repetition LP utilizes. Still a good album, but the repetition is kind of off-putting.

Great album.. It is their best song wise since Meteora and probably their most cohesive
overall effort. This album gets so much right and I think they have finally found that
balance that may just get old fans back on board..

This is hardly any worse than Minutes to Midnight, and it's also a bit more of a sophisticated offering compared to Linkin Park's first two albums. Living Things may appear lyrically dated and doesn't offer the best songs, but the guys try pretty hard to reignite the spark of their glory days while moving forward; sometimes it ends in a small disaster, though LP's fifth record is mostly passable.

A step in a better direction considering where ATS left us (it wasn't very good, it's best songs were just kinda good). It still sounds nothing like their old style but to grow is to change. Is the change they make with Living Things good? It does some things pretty well, Lost In Echo is definitely a very solid opener to the album. Throughout there are still some decent songs to follow, Burn it Down, Castle of Glass, Skin To Bone are probably the decent tracks of the album. It honestly feels like a bit of a mixture of Minutes to Midnight and subtle influences off of their early works with only the slightest hints of ATS (its pretty clear in the distorted vocals and effects). rAll in all, its not a bad album, but its pretty glaringly average, there are some all together bad songs as well, Until it Breaks, Victimized, Powerless all really miss their mark, arguably the slower songs really feel weaker. And the softer songs on MtM were the stronger ones of the album so it just seems a weaker effort this time around. r

After the epic, bombastic, and daring A Thousand Suns, LP takes the sounds found on
that album and tread back to their pop song format from their early days with Living
Things. What happens here is that while most of these songs are filled with wildly
interesting sounds and sonic explorations, the pop formatting formula make these songs held
back on their potential. Not saying that Living Things is a bad release: it's not. But it
truthfully could have been much more interesting, especially after the absurd artistic
freedom that A Thousand Suns basked in, showing the band's true potential.

works better as a compilation of Linkin Park's best work than as an actual step forward. a real disappointment coming after A Thousand Suns, but hey, at least there'll be some great singles to come from this! that said, I'm still docking points for "Victimized."

A step up from A Thousand Suns but this really is a bad attempt at blending their new style and their old one. Linkin Park are caught in an identity crisis on this album and it is one that you should keep away from.

After the questionable release of A Thousand Suns, fans everywhere, including myself, were
left to wonder if Linkin Park was dead. This album gave them their answer. While it's not as
spectacular or as angst-filled as previous releases, it's a decent album. With more of
Shinoda (who is honestly their most talented memeber) and less of the angry screams, Linkin
Park have shown their softer side with this one. While it is boring during the latter half,
there's some good to be found here. It's not the return to form that many expected, but it
certainly is a solid release nonetheless.

I wanted to like this. I really did. There are tracks I genuinely enjoy, but LP manages to fuck everything up. 'Lost in the Echo' was a great track with one of my favorite intros by the band, but for some reason they ruin that fantastic melody with screams. I wouldn't say that LP were good song-writers in their prime, but they knew how to construct a good pop song (Numb, In the End, Breaking the Habit, even What I've Done) and keep the screams and more 'nu-metal' elements in the harder songs (like 'Faint'). In their attempt to throw back to their old style, the band adds in screams and raps, but it's not done as tastefully. 'Lies Greed Misery' absolutely kills any flow the album had for me. The chorus of 'Burn It Down' sounds too much like the band was going for a hit instead of making it appropriate to the (very good) verses. Ultimately, this is an album that had potential to be good, on par with Meteora at the least. Unfortunately the result was unmemorable and messy.

I had no problem digesting this album, even though Hybrid Theory and Meteora were pretty much musically life changing for.rI think this is a very solid album. The last two were really unorganized, more like a scattered pile of ideas, with some really good material, and some really bad material. Living Things is a much more homogeneous effort, and has - in my opinion - a much higher replay value as a whole.

Getting tired of the ultra-generic song structures of songs such as 'lost in the echo' and 'I'll be gone'. This thread of boredom first arose most noticeably in 'New Divide' and 'What I've Done'- disappointing to see it still prevalent in the work of a band with real potential to be original (A Thousand Suns at times demonstrated this).

This is something between 2.5 and 3. Better then previous albums, but still not something that I would truly consider good.rLost in the Echo and Castle of Glass are nice, but some of the songs are pretty terrible. And don't get me started on the lyrics. Just.Awful.rI guess Linkin Park are just one of those bands that are unable to grow up and create real music.

Being a fan since the beginning of linkin park, I can still say that linkin park has gown right down the drain. This album was really rather poor like all their other albums besides "Hybrid theory", and "Meteora". I even thought that "reanimation" was a pretty good album. Its too bad they sold out and went mainstream.

My top 5 songs in the album: no.5 - Lost In The Echor no.4 - In My Remainsr no.3 - Castle of Glassr rno.2 - Until It Breaksr no.1 - Powerlessr UNTIL IT BREAKS must be the COOLEST song of the ralbum!!!!!! but POWERLESS seems to be more POWERFUL and good to listen.

Chester has always had a good voice, but not good enough to carry an album as is the case here. Fuck changing with the times I along with with everyone else that used to love LP back in the day want to hear Hybrid Theory and Meteora. Even though that whole movement is dead, I'm pretty sure a record like that would perform better than the bullshit they've been putting out since then. I really do not know who I am listening to, and if it weren't for the name of the artist, this album would not perform as well as it's going to. Now all of that being said, Living Things isn't absolutely terible. It's a notch better than A Thousand Suns but honestly nobody knew what the hell that was. I only wish LP woud return to their signature and award-winning sound one day because many including myself would welcome back nu-metal with open arms if it meant getting something better than what has been released the past two times.

Bringing forth their years of experience and four albums of musical experimentation and juxtaposing them together, Linkin Park has finally created the album they have been striving for since they first leaped into the music community, with swift electronic input, powerful vocals from both Bennington and Shinoda and multiple instrumental ideas that do not confine them to one genre like their previous efforts.

Its pretty good, but that doesn't mean I'm happy with it. Just like everyone else, I'd like to hear some songs that actually have some passion behind them, a little angst. Some good instrumentation, not poppy techno shit. Its impressive that LP can make this sound decent, but it just isn't nearly as good as their former style. And screaming doesn't make a song hard if the instrumentation is still sissy - meaning Lies, greed..., victimized, lost in... Faint was hard, and it had some electro. How bout some of that shit?

LP releases a new record , it-s better than ATS ? = Yes , ATS experiment portrayed a nu-rock band in uncomfortable territory , Living things does just about everything right , it gathers different styles from past albums to create a consistent diverse piece, this is far away from AOTY* lists but it's 100% worthy of listening. Living Things just successes at all levels Linkin Park had to .. though the lyrics are still generic (Victimized) , they manage to pull things gold on the instrumental section .. give it a spin :`

This is no Hybrid Theory. This is a very far effort from their nu-metal sound. They really did went back to their roots, but they have gone soft. But that doesn't mean this is not good. This is an album composed of singles, featuring some of their most captivating compositions.

I feel like I'm leaving myself open to criticism, but I actually really liked A Thousand Suns - It is one of my favourite albums, and certainly my favouite Linkin Park album. I was quite excited to see the negative comments comparing this to ATS, because that meant I'll probably love it. And I do. rLinkin Park have evolved from a nu-metal act that screamed 'Shut up when I'm talking to you' right to the band which almost have created the soundtrack to the type of Judgement Day described in the Terminator films. Their songs aren't as 'poppy' as they use to be, but they're a lot catchier and more memorable. People might not agree with me, but really it's that diversity of opinion that makes this site so interesting to read.rComa33